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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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