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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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