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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate 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 distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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