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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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