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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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