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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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