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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important 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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