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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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