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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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