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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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