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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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