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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key 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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