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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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