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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores 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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