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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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