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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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