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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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