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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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