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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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