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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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