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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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