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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the 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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