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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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