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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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