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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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