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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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