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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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