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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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