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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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