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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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