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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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