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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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