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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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