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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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