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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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