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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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