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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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