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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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