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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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