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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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