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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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