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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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