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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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