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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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