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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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