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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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