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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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