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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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