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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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