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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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