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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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