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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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