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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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