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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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