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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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