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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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