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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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