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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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