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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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