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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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