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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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