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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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