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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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