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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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