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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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