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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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