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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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