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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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