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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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