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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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