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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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