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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important 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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