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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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