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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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