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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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