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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews 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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