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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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