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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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