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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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