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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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