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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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