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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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