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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also reviews 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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