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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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