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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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