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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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