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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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