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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key 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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