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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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