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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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