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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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