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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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