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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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