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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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