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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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