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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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