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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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