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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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