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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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