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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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