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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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