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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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