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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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