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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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