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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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