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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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