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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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