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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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