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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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