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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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