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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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