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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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