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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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