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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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