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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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