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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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