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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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