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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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