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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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