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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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