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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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