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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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