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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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