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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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