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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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