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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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