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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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