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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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