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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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