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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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