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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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