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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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