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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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