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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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