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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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