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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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