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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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