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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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