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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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