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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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