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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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