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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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