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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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