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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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