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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the key 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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