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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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