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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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