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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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