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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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