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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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