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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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