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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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