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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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