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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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