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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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