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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key 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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