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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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