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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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