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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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