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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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