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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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