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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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