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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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