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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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