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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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