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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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