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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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