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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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