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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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