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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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