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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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