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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key 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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