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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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