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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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