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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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