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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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