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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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