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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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