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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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