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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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