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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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