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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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