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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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