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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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