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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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