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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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