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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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