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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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