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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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