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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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