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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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