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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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