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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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