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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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