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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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