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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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