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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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