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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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