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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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