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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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