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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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