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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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