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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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