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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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