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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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