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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning enable students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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