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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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