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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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