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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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