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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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