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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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