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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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