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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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