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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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