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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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