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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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