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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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