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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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