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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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