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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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