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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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