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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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