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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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