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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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