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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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