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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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