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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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