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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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