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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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