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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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