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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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