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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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