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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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