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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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