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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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