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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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