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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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