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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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