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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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