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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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