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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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