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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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