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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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