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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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