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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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