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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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