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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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