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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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