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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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