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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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