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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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