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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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