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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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