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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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