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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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