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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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