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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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