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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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