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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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