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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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