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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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