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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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