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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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