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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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