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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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