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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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