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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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