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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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