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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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