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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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