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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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