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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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