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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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