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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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