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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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