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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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