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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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