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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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