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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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