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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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