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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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