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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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