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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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