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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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