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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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