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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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