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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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