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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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