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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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