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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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