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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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