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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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