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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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