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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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