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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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