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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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