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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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