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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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