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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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