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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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