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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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