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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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