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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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