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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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