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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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