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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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