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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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