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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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