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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important 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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