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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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