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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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