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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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