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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting 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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