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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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