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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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