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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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