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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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