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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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