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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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