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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important 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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