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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators 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 assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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