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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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