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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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