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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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