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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the 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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