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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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