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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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