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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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