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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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