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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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