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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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