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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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