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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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