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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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