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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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