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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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