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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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