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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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