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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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