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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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