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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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