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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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