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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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