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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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