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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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