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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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