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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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