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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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