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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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