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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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