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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major 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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