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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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