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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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