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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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