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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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