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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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