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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity 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 learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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