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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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