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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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