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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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