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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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