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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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