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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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