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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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