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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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