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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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