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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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