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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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