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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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