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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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