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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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