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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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