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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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