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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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