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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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