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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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