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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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