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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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