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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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