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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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