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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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