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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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