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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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