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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the scholarly 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 discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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