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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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