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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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