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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses 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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