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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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