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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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