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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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