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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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