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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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