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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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