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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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