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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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