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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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