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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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