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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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