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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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