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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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