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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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