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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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