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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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