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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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