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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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