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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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