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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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