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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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