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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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