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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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