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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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