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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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