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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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