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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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