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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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