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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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