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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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