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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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