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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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