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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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