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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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