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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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