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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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