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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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