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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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