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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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