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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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