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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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