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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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