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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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