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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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