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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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