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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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