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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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