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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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