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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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