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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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