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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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