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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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