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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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