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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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