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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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