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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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