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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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