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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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