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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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