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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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