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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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