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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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