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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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