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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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