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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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