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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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