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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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