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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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