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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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