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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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