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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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