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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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