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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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