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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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