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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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