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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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