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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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