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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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