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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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