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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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