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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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