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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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