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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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