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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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