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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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