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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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