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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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