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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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