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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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