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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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