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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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