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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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