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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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