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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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