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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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