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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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