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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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