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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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