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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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