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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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