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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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