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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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