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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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