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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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