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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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