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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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