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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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