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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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