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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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