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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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