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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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