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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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