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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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