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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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