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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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