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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews 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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