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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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