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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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