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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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