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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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