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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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