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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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