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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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