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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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