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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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